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SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,175, dated October28, 1902.

Application filed July 12,1901- Serial No. 67,981- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BERLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planters; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention has forits object an improved seed-planter of novel andsuperior construction and utility; and it consists of the construction,combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a sideview of one of the seed-cylinders. Fig. 4 is a modification thereof.Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal vertical section on the line 5 5, Fig.2. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the feed-cylinder as shown in Fig. 3, withthe case in section. Fig. 7 is a plan view of said cylinder as shown inFig. 4, with the cover-plates engaged therewith,

the case being in section. Fig. 8 is a view'of said cylinder inperspective, with a coverplate in position to be engaged in place.

More particularly my invention is designed to provide a farm implementto be used as a seed-planter and fertilizer-distributor,where- 1n orrepresents any suitable frame.

I) is a beam, 0 a roller connected with the beam, and d handles of theframe, although I do not limit myself thereto.

Traction-wheels are indicated ate, and f represents any suitableplow-point or shovel to form a furrow for the seed.

A fertilizer receptacle or hopper is indicated at g, the same beingprovided with a delivery or feed wheel h at its base, preferablyrotatable in a horizontal plane, the delivery wheel or disk beingmounted upon the shafto' and provided with orifices j to dis charge thefertilizer through a chute 70, projecting through the base I of thehopper g. An additional hopper or receptacle is indicated at m forsmaller seeds-as for onions, turnips, dad-provided with a delivery orfeed wheel n at the base thereof, preferably rotatable in a verticalplane, as shown, said delivery-wheel 'n being provided with a series ofpockets 10 upon the periphery thereof, arranged to carry seeds from thehopper m and to discharge the same through a chute q into the furrowmade by the shovel f. The delivery-wheel or feed-cylinder n is mountedupon a shaft 7".

A hopper for potatoes or largerseeds to be planted is indicated at s,the same being provided at its base with a feed or delivery cylinder,(indicated at i,) said cylinder 25 formed with seed-pockets (indicatedat u) upon the periphery thereof. The feed-cylinders n and i may besimilarly constructed, the potatoes or other seed dropping into thepockets on the periphery of the corresponding cylinder to be deliveredtherefrom in the rotation of the cylinder. The feedecylinder t isarranged to dis? charge into the chute -v, whereby the seed isdistributed into the furrow opened by the shovel f. At the base of thehopper s I prefer to provide a slicing-knife (indicated at w) to be usedin cutting such seeds as potatoesfor example, in case the potatoesshould be too large to be received into the pockets u of thefeed-cylinder. It will be understood that the feed-cylinders n and t areprovided with corresponding outer cases (indicated at a; and y) fittingclosely over the corresponding cylinders, said cases opening at the baseinto the chutes q and Q), respectively, and at the upper portionsthereof into the hoppers m and 8, respectively.

The feed or delivery cylinders in the various hoppers may be driven byany suitable mechanism from the traction-wheels c, said traction-wheelsbeing shown provided with a sprocket-wheel, (indicated by the numeral 1on the shaft 2 of the traction-wheels,) said sprocket wheel 1 connectedby a suitable chain 3 with a sprocket-wheel 4 upon the shaft 5 of thefeedcylinder 15 and with a sprocket-wheel 6 upon the shaftr of thefeedcylinder at and with a sprocket-wheel 7 upon a shaft 8, providedwith a gear 9, meshing with a gear 10 upon the shaft 11. I do not,however, limit myself solely to this arrangement of gear for driving thedelivery-wheels or feed-cylinders, as said cylinders or delivery-wheelsmay be driven in any suitable manner within the scope of my invention.

The pockets of the feed-cylindert may be provided with a slide or coverplate, (indicated at 11,) whereby the pockets it may be closed, ifdesired, to deposit the potatoes or other seed at longer intervals onefrom another and whereby the dimensions of the pockets may be limited,when desired, for the delivery of the smaller seed, such as corn, beans,and the like. Thus the cylinder i may be made to feed either potatoes orsmaller seeds, as may be desired, by the insertion of the pocket platesor slides, which may be of different forms or thicknesses to diminishthe capacity of the pockets or to close them entirely, if .preferred.

Between the hoppers m and s I prefer to provide a removable slide,(indicated at 12,) so that the space between the two hoppers may bethrown into one, if desired, to feed the contents by means of thecylinder t into the soil. By removing the slide 12 the capacity of thereceptacle thus formed may ob viously be increased. When this is done, Iprefer to insert a slide 13 toward the base of the hopper m to directthe seed into the feedcylinder 15. To the rear of the cylinder t Iprovide a scraper-blade (indicated at 14) to cover the seed.

It will be evident that only one of the feedcylinders '27, and i will bein operation at the same time. The sprocket chain may be changed orvaried in length, as may be desired, to drive either of thefeed-cylinders 'n or t.

The cover-plates 11 may be engaged in place in any suitable manner.Thus, for example, they may be constructed at their transverseextremities with grooved flanges 16 and 17 to fit over correspondingportions or tongues at the transverse outer edges of the pockets(indicated at 18 and 19) of the feeding-cylinder.

An agitator (indicated at 20) is provided, consisting of a hub 21,engaged upon the shaft 22, the hub provided with arms 23, projectinginto the hoppers through a slot 24 in one wall of said hopper, theagitator being designed to prevent the potatoes or other seed lodging inthe hopper. The agitatorshaft 22 is driven from the shaft 2 of thetraction-wheels, as by a belt 25 or in any other suitable manner.

It will be seen that the slides 11 have a tongue-andgroove connection attheir extremities with the cylinder. By this arrangement they canreadily be inserted and removed.

It will be evident that the case of the feed-- in g-cylinder serves tohold the cover-plates in place. i

It will be seen that my invention provides a multifarious seed-planter.By means of the two seed-hoppers and their respective feedcylinders,said cylinders having pockets of different dimensions, seeds ofdifferent dimensions or kinds may be simultaneously planted. At the sametime either of these cylinders may be provided with feeding-slides ofdiiferent capacities for feeding different kinds a vertical plane at thebase of the hopper provided with pockets on its periphery arranged toreceive seed from the hopper and to discharge the seed therefrom,removable slides supported at their transverse edges upon the cylinderand above the base of said pockets to control the dimensions of saidpockets, and a case about said cylinder said slides having atongue-and-groove connection at their transverse edges upon the outertransverse edges of said pockets and held in place by said case.

2. A seed-planter, having in combination a frame, a hopper, afeeding-cylinder rotatable in a vertical plane at the base of the hopperprovided with seed-pockets arranged to receive seed from the hopper andto discharge it therefrom, a case for said feeding-cylinder opening intothe hopper and provided with a discharge-opening, and removable slidessupported at their transverse edges upon the cylinder above the base ofthe pockets and spaced therefrom to control the dimensions of saidpockets, said slides having a tongueand-groove connection at theirtransverse edges upon the outer transverse edges of said pockets andheld in place by said case.

3. A seed-planter, having in combination a frame, a hopper, a rotatablefeed-cylinder at the base of the hopper provided with seedpockets on itsperiphery removable slides having a tongue-and-groove connection attheir transverse edges upon the outer transverse edges of said pocketsabove the base of said pockets to control the dimensions of the pockets,and a case for said cylinder, said slides held in place by said case,said case covering the lateral edges and ends of said slides.

4. A seed-planter, having in combination a frame, a hopper, afeed-cylinder rotatable in a vertical plane at the base of thehopperprovided with seed-pockets on its periphery arranged to receiveseed from the hopper and to discharge the seed therefrom, and removableslides having a tongue-and-groove connection at their transverse edgesupon the outer transverse edges of said pockets above the base of thepockets to control the dimensions of said pockets, a case for saidcylinder and a knife mounted upon said case adjacent to said opening.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK BERLIN.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, M. I-IIoKEY.

